Automobile-windshield attachment



c. v. JOHNSON. l AUTOMOBLILE W'INDS'HIELD AT T'ACHMENT. APPLxATloN HLED'EEB. 2r. 1920.

Patented Mays, 1921.

' @Mor/Mago UNITED ST ossia.

CLARENCE V. JOHNSON, OF YAIES CENTER, KANSAS.

AUTOMOBILE-V/NDSHIELD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed February 27, 1920. Serial No. 361,616.

To all whom t may concer/a:

Be it known that l, CLARENCE V. JOHN- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yates Center, in thecounty of VOodson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile-lllindshield Attachments; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates broadly to an improved automobile wind-shield, but it has more particular reference to an attachment therefor which is designed to adjustably support thev upper section thereof.

rlhe obj ect of the invention is to generally improve upon the construction of such attachments which serve the same purpose, by providing one which is composed of extremely few parts of simple construction which produce a strong, durable, and an effective attachment which is inexpensive to both the manufacturer and the user.

@ther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

ln the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same: Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wind-shield illustrating my improved attachment applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective iew of an attachment constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the plane of line 3--3 of Fig. 1.

ln the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the lower stationary section of a wind-shield, of the type employed on Ford automobiles, and the numeral 2 designates the upper movable section of the windshield. As is usual, the lower wind-shield section 1 carries a bracket member 3 by means of which the upper Wind-shield section is pivotally mounted. Such pivotal mountingof the upper Wind-shield section is accomplished by the employment of an arm similar to that shown at 4. However, this arm as it is used at the present time is rigidly connected at one of its. ends to the upper wind-shield section while its other end is pivoted to the usual bracket member 8 carried by the stationary section of the wind-shield.

In carrying out my invention I contemplate employing the arm l which is very much like the arm employed at the present time. However, it is my intention to substantially lengthen it and provide it at one end with the disk-like, centrally apertured head 5, which is provided on its face adjacent the upper wind-shield section with radial corrugations 6. In addition to this arm I will employ a member 7, which'ini chicles a substantially cylindrical transversely notched portion 8 and a disk-like Y portion 9, which like the head 5 is vprovided with radial corrugations 10 to coact with the first named corrugations 6.v By

forming the portion 8 in the manner described, IV provide spaced arms which arel provided with alined apertures 11 by means of which this portion is secured to the frame of the upper section of the wind-shield, the latter being received and held between them by the employment of a screw-bolt 12. The cylindrical portion of the member 7 is provided with a socket 13 which is intersected by a centrally disposed hole which is adapted to aline with the centrally disposed hole or aperture in the head 5, this construction serving to permit a bolt 14 to be inserted through the apertures in the member 7 and head 5, the head of the bolt being receivable in the socket 18, while the free end thereof is permitted to project a substantial distance beyond the head 5. This extended portion of the bolt permits the use of a coiled spring 15 which is interposed between the wing-nut 16 and the head 5. lt is obvious that the function of this coiled spring iste retain the member 7 and headl in effective engagement with one another, when the spring is placed under suilicient tension by means of the wing-nut 16. lf desired,

the coiled spring will be prevented from eX- cessive lateral expansion and will be in- 'place one hand on the upper wind-shield section and move it forward and rearward so as to cause the teeth 10 of the member 7 to ride over teeth 6 of the head 5, whereupon this section of the wind-shield may be properly angled. When in the desired position, tightening of the wing-nut will compress the spring 15 sufficiently to retain the member 7 and head 5 in eiective engagement and the wind-shield will be retained in the set position and will not ordinarily be jarred out of place when traveling at a high speed over rough roads.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is believed that the operation and advantages vof my invention will be apparent. For this reason, further description is deemed unnecessary.

It' is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred kform ot the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim. I claim: An attachment for adjustably supporting Y the upper section of an automobile windshield comprising an arm having means at one of its ends for pivotal connection to the usual bracket "carried by the lower stationary wind-shield section and provided at its other end with a centrally apertured circular head which is in turn provided on its inner face with radial corrugations, an attaching member for engagement with the upper wind-shield section, including a substantially cylindrical transversely notched portion and a disk-like portion, the latter being provided on its face adjacent said head with radial corrugations for coperation with the first named corrugations, and the former providing spaced arms which are apertured for reception of an attaching bolt, the upper wind-shield section being adapted to be received between them and held, said attaching member being provided with a central opening to register with the opening in said head and being further provided with a bolt head receiv-v ing seat, a bolt to extend through the central openings in the attaching member and head, its head to rest in said seat and its other end to extend beyond said head, a nut to be on the extended portion of the'bolt, and a lcoiled spring to surround said bolt between the nut and the head.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CLARENCE V. JOHNSON. 

